Jane Elliott's Argument Analysis: The Blue Eyed Experiment

A Class Divided by Jane Elliot This documentary film covers an experiment conducted by Jane Elliot in her third grade class in 1970. The film is actually a follow-up conducted in 1985 with the students, who are now adults responding to their actions in 1970. This film is directed by William Peters and offers Jane Elliot and her students an opportunity to watch the original experiment and air their views on the same.

The perception of being bullied and having a cultural disadvantaged giving him the awareness of being ashamed for being different. Roger was surprised when he walked into Dorothy Bean’s classroom when he was 12 years old. It is made clear that she is Wilkins favorite teacher with her ability to look beyond race and to the student is well exemplified as Wilkins illustrates how after having read the first assignment, she asked Wilkins the first question. Establishing the fact that

Anniston Tipps Acc. English 10 Mr. VanDyke 29 March 2018 The Banning of Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan Lois Duncan, the author of Killing Mr. Griffin, got the idea to write this book because she wondered what might happen if a psychopathic teenager was placed in a school setting. Mr. Griffin is a character based off of one of Duncan’s daughter’s teachers. Mark Kinney is based off of her daughter’s boyfriend.

According to the National Household Survey on drug use and health services, 74.3% of high school students have tried alcohol because of peer pressure (www.familyfirstaid.org). Ray Bradbury's short story, ''All Summer in a Day" shows how Margot is a victim of peer pressure because of the other students incapability to stand up for her because of a bully. Therefor, by learning how peer pressure works, you figure out how peer pressure could influence you and how it could be used for acceptable and unacceptable causes. Generally speaking, the other students in the story are influenced by William because of their fear of being left out, and his vocal authority. The other students are also somewhat feeling peer pressure as well because they don't want to be left out.

in the article 5 characteristics of grit, The author Margaret M Perlis talks about the five characteristics of grit. in the article the intended audience could be people interested on building their grit . The author 's primary purpose was to inform us how to build great.they have research for several months to try to find out what makes people different based on their success .they found out there’s five characteristics of great.the first characteristic of grit yes courage.the main reason why courage is a huge characteristic in grit is because it’s the ability to manage fear and failure.many people have liked on coverage based on their parents thought reason being because parents tend to remove the kids from any type of competition so they’re not used to failing .Another correct the rest thick of grit is the achievement oriented individually Santana 2 Achievement oriented individual is someone who always tries to do a good job, and works tirelessly.

Marta Salinas’ realistic fiction story “The scholarship Jacket”, takes place at a small school in Texas. Martha, a straight A plus student, was finally in 8th grade, her year to receive the valedictorian jacket. There are many troubles leading up to Martha receiving the jacket, such as the teachers changing the policy to make her pay $15. This changed the meaning of the jacket because it was no longer a reward. Marta Salinas created the theme that hard work pays off, she displays this theme by showing how Martha feels with point of view, and foreshadowing.

They face these obstacles by the support of their family and friends like for example I personally saw in my school there was a girl in my class who got blind in class four and wasted two years of her life hoping she would get better which was great obstacles faced by her and her family, even though her eyes were not cured she had this passion for studying so she again enrolled in my school and started to study again and there were lot obstacles faced by her and her family but still she came through as for she was talented and she never lost her faith and studied hardly and thus eliminating her one of her many obstacles. Well in my view also these people are special and we should not look at them with sympathy but treat them as a normal being and also help them in facing their obstacles. We should not socially exclude the disabled people. If Beethoven had given up earlier would we have been able to hear his ninth symphony, he also didn’t hear his ninth symphony as he was deaf but still he gave this world a beautiful piece of music, he

As I was searching for colleges my mom and I were talking because I had known that I wanted to go a little further for school because I need some place to transition for myself. The places I had chosen scared my mom because she would hear on the news that something bad had happened to a transgender person in that state. So I was having a really hard time finding a school. So what I decided to do some research into schools that are LBTGQI+ friendly which and I come upon UW Milwaukee while I was searching.

My friends show negativity bias when they said that life as a matriculation student is challenging and difficult even before they try to study there. Negativity bias or negativity effect is the tendency to pay extra attention to negative information. The matriculation was great, the people are amazing and the atmosphere and facilities was excellent. I was a PDT science student which were two years science program. This program is for student that needs extra attention in science subjects.

Her passing during my second year of college, though made me very sad, was a wake-up call to not to continue to be unhappy. I should not be living unsatisfied and unmotivated each day. After her funeral, I began to work harder in school and in life; I got my first job, I made several connections, and I got on the Dean’s List. Sometimes I think I’m working so hard for Ms. Tong but it is me working hard for myself, and that is the self-motivation that Ms. Tong has taught

Melba shows a great amount of courage in her memoir. The first time she shows courage is when she signs her name on a special paper. "When my teacher asked if anyone lived within the Central High School district wanted to attend school with white people, I raised my hand. As I signed my name on the paper they passed around, I thought about all those times I 'd gone past Central High," (Beals 19). This quote demonstrates true courage because she knows how attending Central High may be a downfall for her and her family since she will have to confront the racial slurs of the caucasian population, costing them agony and energy.

Jane Elliot was a third grade teacher that tried an experiment with her class to educate her students on the effects of discrimination. Elliot separated her class based on their eye color in order to explain how people are treated differently in the world. She tried to find a way to explain racism in the world in a way that third graders would understand. I was actually surprised when I heard there had been an altercation on the playground the day of the experiment. A blue eyed student teased a brown eyed student which resulted in the brown eyed student engaging in a physical altercation with the blue eyed student.

"Three years later, when Grandma discovered I would be one of the first blacks to attend Central High School, she said the nightmare that had surrounded my birth was proof positive that destiny had assigned me a special Task. " - Melba Pattillo Beals. This book is an autobiography about Melba who was one of the "Little Rock Nine" who integrated the all white Central High School. Melba wanted to prove that whites didn 't have charge over her, that she was free. However, this isn 't easy; Melba and the rest of her friends are being threaten from phone calls and letters to brutally attacks.

In the article “What if the Secret to Success is Failure?” By Paul Tough, Tough wrote an article about educators, psychologist, and sociologist doing research and experiments on if character is important to the success of students. Randolph, who is 49, is the administrator of a competitive school and is leading the charge on if character is really important piece on helping students get better in school. First Randolph experimented with using character report cards that students would be tested on and that teachers would personally grade the student(self-evaluation). Then Randolph would see what was more important, Moral or Character?

Gender representation and the misrepresentation of reality in advertisement was the topic of my junior year Girl Scout journey project. When this project was first announced, I was both excited and worried: excited because the subject matter interests me, and worried because I feared how little progress we as a society had made in the (admittedly short) 2 years that had passed since I conducted research for my project. With those dueling feelings, I began watching and analyzing the commercials, noting patterns of commercials themselves along with the content. The average commercial break contained 4-6 advertisements with a total time of 2-3 minutes. Although the assignment required us to take written notes on only 10 commercials,